How the U.S. Looks To Fix A Cyber ‘Blind Spot’
The National Security Agency is by nature the most formidable cyber power in the world, but US law has given it limited intelligence on the domestic front, and the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution prevents the government from conducting domestic surveillance unless a crime is suspected. Rivals of the US, like Russia, are aware […]
Tech Giants See Profit Despite Global Chip Shortage
As economies around the world reopen with the introduction of vaccines, major electronics manufacturers around the world are struggling to meet current demands as the chip shortage hits the tech industry. Despite this significant setback, big tech companies continue to make profits. An early barometer of the tech industry’s continued financial strength showed that Samsung […]
Facebook To Label To Distinguish Satire From Fake News
Facebook recently announced plans to label satire pages to ensure that people do not confuse satire with fake news. Although some Internet users may be able to separate satire from real news, many people may not be aware of this, and in the end many people will be misinformed. Labels on satire pages are a […]
No Plan to Notify Half-Billion Facebook Users re: Data Leak
More than 530 million Facebook users remain uninformed about a massive data leak at Facebook that dates back well into 2019. Facebook said Tuesday that malicious actors obtained phone numbers and other details from users before September 2019 by scraping profiles through a vulnerability in the platform’s tool for syncing contacts. The social media giant […]
LinkedIn In Hot Seat As Another 500 Million Account Leaked Online
Another batch of people’s data is now available on the internet following the release of personal information from 533 million Facebook users released earlier on. While the potential scope of the leak is huge, an individual selling the data on a hacker forum claims it was scrapped from 500 million LinkedIn profiles. According to CyberNews, […]
Amazon Workers Vote Against Union in Alabama
Votes tallied last Friday showed Alabama warehouse workers of retail giant Amazon voted against forming a trade union by a nearly two to one margin. A total of 1,798 warehouse workers voted against forming a union while 738 were in favor of it. The voting results gave a major victory to the retail giant as […]
Musk’s Neuralink Allows Monkey to Control Device With Its Brain
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has demonstrated in a recently released video how he used his sensor hardware and brain implant to record a baseline of a macaque’s activity while playing an on-screen game in which he had to move a token with a joystick to different places with his hand. Based on the basic data, Neuralink […]
Microsoft in Talks to Buy AI Firm Nuance Communications for About $16 Billion
Microsoft Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire AI and speech technology company Nuance Communications Inc. for $ 16 billion. An agreement could be announced as early as today if everything goes well between the two companies. At that price point, the value of Nuance could reach $56 per share. Nuance, a Massachusetts-based tech company […]
New US Global Plan to Tax Tech Titans
The US is spearheading a new plan for global corporate taxation to settle disagreements over upcoming technology tax reforms. The Biden administration has put forward proposals that would force technology giants and other multinationals to pay higher taxes in the countries in which they operate, regardless of their physical presence, in exchange for a higher […]
White House Makes Semiconductor Chip Shortage A Priority
The Biden administration’s top priority is to address a persistent semiconductor shortage that can potentially disrupt the supply of electronics to appliances, computers, and cars. A meeting on the issue will be held next week and will be chaired by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese. This meeting will […]
